# 2004 Ford Escape

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape/47591>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** escape, ford\
**Created:** [April 17, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape/47591 "2010-04-17T19:55:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jcibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@jcibob](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jcibob)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape/47591/1 "2010-04-17T19:55:35Z")

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The car normally runs just fine. However,occasionaly the car will start and within a second or two it dies. It will continue to do this for a period of time. If you then leave it alone for several hours it usually starts and runs fine. The mechanics have found nothing to correct the problem. Any Ideas?

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape/47591/2 "2010-04-17T20:03:22Z")

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Unfortunately, they may not be able to see a problem until it is acting up. It is most likely a module going bad somewhere, but if it is behaving OK when you take it in, the mechanic’s tools can’t find the bad one.